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"Gallery ES" 閉廊

Omotte away October 7, Gallery in Aoyama"Gallery Es"There was 閉廊. Exhibition decorated the last 10 years of popular is to have art gallery, young artists that Mima, Yukari, who has run the gallery belongs to yukari-art to serve as a representative, by Tashiro Yuki's"HARMONY"Exhibition.





Tashiro's graduated from the sculpture department of the Tokyo Zokei, a writer that specializes in energetic wood carving by making the best use of its experience that was around in the backpack the Asian countries from student days, in this exhibition, in the graduation exhibition of the University had been exhibited in the center of the "hot weather Hana (under the blazing sun)," which was version up the very high was a huge carved wooden chicken piece of evaluation such as award-winning. Wooden figure of a chicken that has been carved in-depth without disconnecting the hand to detail is exaggerated a little part part, such as wrinkles and combs until the grotesque, different from the huge figure of the only realistic, sublime beyond the object the presence of as something had become is enough. The wall is exposed to drawing about 60 points of the drawn animal in psychedelic color tone once in the vivid, the main motif was been in "animal" existence of the mystery of the sculpture, such as contour and form, modeling of beauty again known occupy such intention was is I felt.





Originally this place will start its activities as "Mizuma Art Gallery" in 1994, as a "gallery es" since 1997, has been mainly expand the exhibition and exhibition for the purpose of training and support of young artists. As has been described as "," craft "," seeking a new art form that is not caught in the genre of off-the-shelf of contemporary art, "" to the official site, than even pure Fine Art and painting up to this, that either There is an impression, such as was often the opportunity to showcase the work of craft and installations closer as if this exhibition. (Past Exhibitions List of "Gallery Es" isThis direction)


(The photo shows all "HARMONY" Exhibition Exhibition)


Ko Igarashi has conducted a number of exhibitions at the end of the "gallery Es" In the future, Kazuharu Ishikawa, Shintaro Ohata, Shiori Kawamoto, 施井 Taihei, Tashiro Yuki, Nanjo YoshimiAtsushi, Akira Yoshida, young artists that Yodogawa Technique with, on October 25,"YUKARI ART CONTEMPORARY"As, it seems scheduled to open in Meguro-ku, Takaban. The further development of the people of Mima's and young artists we expect!

Interview article of Mima, Yukari

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1977 downtown Tokyo born. It is a weakness in the contemporary art and FISHMANS and Hitoshi Matsumoto and Tsunashima hot spring.

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